عادَ لي بِالسَديرِ شارِدُ قَصفِ

وَسُرورٍ مَعَ النَدامى وَعَزفِ

The wanderer returned to me in the evening

At al-Sadir, my fugitive revelry returned to me,

With joy and remorseful companions and music

Bringing joy with drinking companions and the sound of music,

وَعُيونُ الظِباءِ تَرنو إِلَينا

مُنعِماتٍ بِكُلِّ بِرٍّ وَلُطفِ

And the gazelles' eyes yearn towards us

While the eyes of gazelles gazed tenderly upon us,

Bestowing every kindness and gentleness

Bestowing every manner of kindness and grace.

فَطَرَدنا الصُدودَ أَقبَحَ طَردٍ

وَعَطَفنا الوِصالَ أَحسَنَ عَطفِ

So we repelled the rejections in the ugliest way

We banished aversion with the harshest of exiles,

And pulled closer the connection in the finest manner

And inclined toward union with the fairest embrace.

وَرَخيمُ الدَلالِ كادَ مِنَ الرِق

قَةِ يُدمي أَديمَهُ وَقعُ طَرفِ

And the pampered camel almost collapsed

One soft in dalliance, so delicate that a mere glance might wound his skin,

From tenderness his hide sank from the fall of an eyelash

Upon whose neck the cross has settled, setting him apart from every other love.

حَلَّ مِنهُ الصَليبُ في مَوضِعِ الجي

دِ فَقَد خَصَّهُ عَلى كُلِّ إِلفِ

The cross fell in place of the necklace so it singled him out

Then we spun the millstone of joy three times around,

Above every intimate friend

And joined our waists, pressing palm against palm.

فَأَدَرنا رَحى السُرورِ ثَلاثاً

وَوَصَلنا الخُصورَ كَفّاً بِكَفِّ

So we turned the millstone of joy three times

And joined the waists hand to hand